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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe struck a conciliatory tone with Russia at an annual rally Thursday to demand the return of small isles claimed by both nations. Speaking at a rally of former residents of four islands seized by Russia in

Russia’s Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu on Tuesday said the country must develop new types of missile systems in the next two years after Washington and Moscow ripped up a key arms control treaty. The United States has repeatedly accused Russia of

Security forces on Tuesday seized a Bible said to be 1,200 years old in southeastern Turkey’s Diyarbakır province. According to the Diyarbakır governor’s office, local gendarmerie received intel that someone was looking to sell an ancient Bible manuscript written on leather

At least 226 people in India have died so far this year from an outbreak of swine flu. The H1N1 virus claimed 31 lives in the past week, local media reported Monday, citing statistics from India’s Health Ministry. Nationwide, 6,601 people

A fire in a Paris apartment building killed at least eight people and injured around 30 in the early hours of Tuesday, authorities said. A 40-year-old female resident was detained at the scene as police opened an investigation into voluntary arson

Pope Francis held a historic public Mass for an estimated 170,000 Catholics at an Abu Dhabi stadium on Tuesday on the first ever papal visit to the Arabian Peninsula. The pope waved at an enthusiastic crowd carrying Vatican flags and banners

The father of John Chau, who was killed by tribesmen on India’s highly isolated North Sentinel Island, blamed “extreme Christianity” for the death of his son. “If you have (anything) positive to say about religion, l wish not to see or

Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have given U.S.-made weapons to al-Qaida-linked terrorists, other militias and groups fighting in Yemen, violating their arms agreements made with Washington, a report by CNN said. The CNN investigation found that U.S.-manufactured arms